Mahmoud can live in a cold, dark cave in the Middle East! And all the liberals in this thread can join him!

He's a very confused man. Imagining himself as a victim of a vast U.S./Jewish conspiracy to keep him ignorant and on the bench when he was the best in the game. He takes no responsibility for anything. Gives Allah credit for every success and blames 'them' for everything that went wrong in his life. The world is just too confusing for him to understand. All his and the world's problems are caused by Jews and the tri-lateral commission.

He ironically sounds scarily close to the far religious political right or KKK.

1) I am not a liberal (though, I do not consider being called one pejorative)

2) I quoted the entire post above me even though I'd usually not use the term "bull shite opinion"

3) calling an opinion "bullshite" is NOT the same as saying "sit down and shut up".

I have no issue with Mahmoud Abdul Rauf in THIS video. He has his point of view and expressed it well. I need not agree with it to enjoy the video. Others are free to disagree with him or me and so be it.

re: Chris Jackson tells his story NBA Legend Mahmoud Abdul Rauf(Posted by GeauxTigerTM on 6/13/13 at 7:48 am to Ole War Skule)

quote:He ironically sounds scarily close to the far religious political right or KKK.

Which should not be surprising, considering the guy was INCREDIBLY religious back when he was at LSU. Of course, back then, he was the "right" religion and no one gave a frick about his fanaticism. From my perspective, he simply chose one silly belief system over another silly belief system. I'll no more hate him for that now than I did back then.

re: Chris Jackson tells his story NBA Legend Mahmoud Abdul Rauf(Posted by Gulf Coast Tiger on 6/13/13 at 7:53 am to The Mick)

He is actually a pretty nice guy and to say he wasn't a hard worker is crazy. He worked his butt off in HS and college. His stay in the NBA was doomed by his lack of playing defense. In HS and college he would just outscore whoever he was supposed to guard, but in the NBA he couldn't do that. I don't agree with his views on religion, but if you talk to him face to face he is a nice guy.

re: Chris Jackson tells his story NBA Legend Mahmoud Abdul Rauf(Posted by GeauxTigerTM on 6/13/13 at 8:03 am to Choctaw)

quote:No...back then he didn't shove it in your face...he just played basketball.

No...he mentioned it. It just so happened that when he did it didn't sound "strange" to anyone, because most were on board with what he was saying. It was well known the guy had a crucifix sewn into his game socks, etc.

He wasn't Tebowesque in his religion, but to suggest it wasn't obvious is being disingenuous.

quote:No...back then he didn't shove it in your face...he just played basketball.

If you mean the 'not standing for the National Anthem', he addresses that in the video and admits he was wrong.

There is no one more zealous that the newly converted to ANYTHING. He points out in the video that one of his Muslim mentors educated him that he can have issues with specific items and still respect the whole. He played after that garbage and stood at attention for the anthem

Again, I don't care if others dislike him. I am no champion of his. I just want to be accurate as to what he said then vs now.

re: Chris Jackson tells his story NBA Legend Mahmoud Abdul Rauf(Posted by spslayto on 6/13/13 at 8:09 am to GeauxTigerTM)

quote:His religiosity only became a problem when he switched teams.

That's not the problem to me. It's his refusal to stand for the national anthem. Now, he says he was wrong. At least he didn't Kanye it and say he has no regrets. But to me, it shouldn't have been done in the first place.